Silo.



v BY

W. A. NEVILLE} SILO.

APPLICATION man FEB. 1. 1916.

1 1 87,370. Patented June 13, 1916.

INVENTOR WITNESSES. I I gm WW 2 ATTORNEY THE COLUM IIA PLANUORAPH CO.,WASHINGTON, D. c-

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thevdoor sections-in position.

-Hoo'ps 12 encircletheouter-{ all sends 1.2 areconnected. by anysuitablecouplings, as lndicated at 13. W t A 1 Having fullydescribed the detailsof con-' struction, itlcis thought that. the. manner of constructing thesilo as. Well as-the adyana stages thereof will :be clearly understood."It \vilL be seen that I have provided a silo which is simple andinexpensiye in v construe jtron and WhlCll' can be constructed from thedesired 'grade of lumber.

By having the llstrip's 2, between the standards 1,1 of is the shape;shown, continuous circular inner Wall is formed as previously describedand 3 the outer yvallwvilL be of the shape shown.

' I, upright timbers I 35' Both the strips comprising theinner and outeralls are secured to (it, will be seenlthat an air the strips 2 and gspace isleftbe tween the inner [and outer Venting the freezing of theensilage in "the silo." "As previously described, both the inner andouter walls 7 are; preferably constructed 10f jwhatis' known as flooringand have a t ns e d fcludi ng air and atthe same time, making a. heatjoint, the corners of the outer'line of the frame being made angularwithout'the necessity ofsh'apingy; or in any Way cuttingthe i landgpe-rmitting the outer .coi ering to be fittedtightly at thesecorners u or.edges'between the polygonally'arran'ged I faces of'theouter Wall.-

are remo ed for filling the-silo and when the silo I isfilled grooveconnection; thereby fex'el The door sections the door sections held-inposition against accidental displaceouter edges of the cross membersandtli projecting ends thereof to form the oute 'Wall of the silo;

7 Walls; Thisfwill preferably be adead airspace thereby "preare securelyconstruction of ladder may-be attachedto the silo: in the ordinary Way;I claimv 1. A silo c omprisinga plurality of vertiucal frame standards,frame strips mounted across between saidframe standards and rabbeted attheir ends to receivethe standards and to extendover the outer facesthere- 50f With the extreme ends terminating cvertlcal al1nement,'1nnerWall structures secured to the iram'e standapds and cross members, andwallstructures secured over-stile silo prising a pluralityoftvertif Ical frame standards arranged at spaced apart points to describesubstantially a circular outline, frame strips mounted across betweensaid fframe standards and rabbeted at their endsto receive thestandardsandto T exten'd'over the outer faces thereof With the l lle andthe "arrangement of the frame strips strips secured over the curvedinner edges of the frame strips and the inner faces of the a framestandards forming an inner Wall for the silo, and like Wall stripssecured over the outer edges of the"framestrips. and the pro jectingends thereof forming an outer Wall.

vin presence of twojwitnesses. j

c WILLIA'M A; NEVILLE. I VVitnesses; j i I a a B. HEDLIN.

extreme ends terminatin'g in vertical aline- "inent theframe stripsshaped on thelr inner faces to form a substantially clrcular innerCopies of this patent may. be 'obt'a' ined i'orffive cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents;

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